Hi all, a quick updates on the newsletter, as you might have already noticed, we are transitioning from weekly to monthly issues. This change will allow us to provide more dedicated coverage and deep dives into the topics you care about. Thank you for your continued support and engagement with our content! For this week, we have a video to share with you, discussing the evolving landscape of memecoins within the crypto space.
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Ecosystem and Industry Insights
Many such cases: connecting the memecoins with Li Jin
In this podcast episode, Li Jin, GP at Variant Fund, joins Farcaster OGs @ted and @nonlinear.ethto discuss the evolving landscape of memecoins within the crypto space. The episode highlights various types of memecoins, such as Meme-first, Community-first, Product-driven, and Longtail, exploring their value drivers, which range from meme popularity and community engagement to partnerships and utility. The conversation also addresses the challenges and potentials of memecoins, comparing them to loyalty programs and discussing their dual nature as both speculative assets and utility tokens. The dialogue further emphasizes the importance of community-driven innovation and the integration of memecoins into broader digital ecosystems, reflecting on their future within token-specific channels and apps.
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Post of the Week
From Transformers to NEAR: The Journey of Illia Polosukhin
Illia Polosukhin, co-creator of the transformer model, transitioned from AI to blockchain, co-founding NEAR.AI. The startup evolved into NEAR Protocol, a prominent blockchain protocol with over 70 million accounts and 1.12 billion transactions. NEAR Protocol, designed to address scalability and user experience challenges, features a sharding mechanism called Nightshade and a developer and user-friendly infrastructure. NEAR plans to hire AI engineers to build user-owned AI, aiming to pioneer the convergence of AI and blockchain. NEAR is also exploring ways for users to contribute their own data to enhance AI models, illustrating the potential of a future AI economy supported by Web3 infrastructure.
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